WTTS from ISO to SPITZER
Authors:
Àgueda
Gras-Velázquez, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies
Tom P. Ray,
Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies
Abstract:
Using data from the photometer onboard the Infrared Space Observatory
we have compiled the SEDs of a dozen Weak-line T Tauri Stars (WTTS),
belonging to a number of molecular clouds, and found IR excesses
indicating the presence of circumstellar disks. Canonically, and up
until recently, WTTS were thought to be devoid of circumstellar matter,
and to form a possibly separate class of pre-main sequence stars from
the Classical T Tauri Stars (CTTS). Our results would suggest that a
continuous spectrum of circumstellar disks may be present, of
decreasing mass, from CTTS to WTTS. SPITZER has already observed a
large number of WTTS. Following up on our ISO research, we present some
initial WTTS SEDs using MIPS photometry.